Hamdaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ham-DAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
Hamdaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praise”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies).
What does Hamdaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hamdan
“praise”
The Hamdanid dynasty, named after Hamdan ibn Hamdun, ruled Mosul and Aleppo in the 10th century.
Is Hamdaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Hamdaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hamdaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,613th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Hamdaan, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Hamdaan of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Hamdaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Hamdaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Names like Hamdaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Musa, Azaan, Zayd, Mustafa, Abdullah, Hussain, Amir, Ahmed, Rayyan
Names related to Hamdaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hamdaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hamdaan, updated 20 October 2026.